HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE:HSBC) has announced a withdrawal from the coal fired power sector, as part of its efforts to support a transition to a low-carbon economy. In 2011, HSBC decided to significantly restrict its support for new coal-fired power plants and effectively ceased financing them in 78 developed countries. It will now stop financing…
Read moreAs announced April last year, the Financial Contract Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have been conducting investigations into Jes Staley, Group Chief Executive Officer of Barclays, and Barclays Bank PLC (LON:BARC) in relation to an attempt by Mr Staley in 2016 to identify the author of an anonymous letter. The FCA and…
Read moreSingapore Exchange (SGX) today welcomed one more company, SLB Development Ltd, to its Catalist under the stock code “1J0”. SLB Development Ltd is a property developer with 17 years’ experience in Singapore, covering a broad spectrum of projects from small to large-scale residential, mixed-use, industrial and commercial properties. Through a joint venture participation in the…
Read moreServiceware SE (ISIN: DE000A2G8X31) has become the next company to go public on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange today, Deutsche Börse has announced earlier. The shares in the software company from Bad Camberg, Hesse, were listed in the Prime Standard and opened trading at €24.005 following an issue price of €24.00. The total placement volume was…
Read moreMoscow Exchange (MOEX) announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE). The agreement aims to promote cooperation between China and Russia in the sphere of gold exchange trading. The signing ceremony with Igor Marich, Managing Director of Money and Derivatives Markets, member of MOEX Executive Board, and Song…
Read moreAustralia’s government is shocked by bank wrongdoing, as AMP Ltd. (ASX:AMP) has deliberately misled regulators over charging customers for services they didn’t receive. Meanwhile Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX:CBA) has collected fees from dead people, in one case for more than a decade, Bloomberg has informed earlier. AMP Chief Executive Officer Craig Meller announced that…
Read moreSingapore Exchange (SGX) announced that it has welcomed Asian Healthcare Specialists Limited to its Catalist under the stock code “1J3”. Asian Healthcare Specialists Limited is a healthcare service provider, specialising in a wide spectrum of general and sub-specialised orthopaedic, trauma and sports services such as knee and hip replacements, sports medicine and surgery, spine surgery,…
Read moreThe Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced the new appointment of Mr Chaly Mah and the re-appointment of five existing members to the MAS Board of Directors. In addition, Mr Quek Gim Pew has been appointed as a non-Board member of MAS’ Board Risk Committee. Mr Chaly Mah, Chairman of NetLink NBN Management Pte…
Read moreThe UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Sovereign Wealth Preservation. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics…
Read moreGiven the spike in volatility perceived by investors in early February, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has published an analysis of the main products concerned and their behaviour during this period. Broadly speaking, the extent of investment strategies based on volatility calls for a certain vigilance. Following the publication on February 2 of an…
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